| Noun | 1. | precipitate - a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering |
| Verb | 1. | precipitate - separate as a fine suspension of solid particles |
| 2. | precipitate - bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution" | |
| 3. | precipitate - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" | |
| 4. | precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" | |
| 5. | precipitate - hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below" | |
| Adj. | 1. | precipitate - done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" |
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